Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms



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. Patented Aug. 29,1871.

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JOHN D. WILKINSON, OF PLATTSBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRE ECH-LOADING FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part oi Letters Patent No. 118,569, dated August29, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. WILKINSON, of Plattsburg, in the county ofClinton and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulimprovement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms and 1 do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanyin g drawing forming part of thisspecification.

M y invention relates to improvements in breechloading fire-arms; and itconsists in a revolving disk at the breech of the barrel on a spindlearranged under the barrel to revolve and slide forwa-rd and backward,and extending a suitable distance behind the disk for being actuated bythe hand used for pulling the trigger and cooking the hammer to revolvethe disk or opening and closing the breech and discharging the shell,all

as hereinafter described.

. Figure 1'. is longitudinal sectional elevation of the improved guntaken on the lines; m. Fig. 2

is a section on the line 3 y,- and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 2 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

A isthe disk arranged at the breech of the barrel B on the spindle O,with one side fitting snugly against the breech to revolve back andibrthabout a half revolution, beiuga little more than twice the diameterof the breech, and the spindle being placed belowthe barrel and parallelwith it, so that a radial'cavity, D, in the disk, somewhat l. rger thanthe hole of the barrel, may

c brought in front of and moved away from said hole to admit ofintroducing the cartridge when said cavity is in front of it, and toclose the barrel for liring when moved away. The disk is supportedagainst the force of the discharge by the walls I-of a cavityin thestock in whichit is {i ted. The spindle has a handle or arm, F, 'at therear end by which to turn it; also, to draw it backward for actuatingthe oartiidge-ejector G,-

Which is colmected to the inner endof the spindle by a bar, H, fitted inagroove the stock bewith the end of the barrel.

low the barrel and above the spindle to slide out' and in. The saidejector 0 consists of a segment of a ring, having a recess or groove, a,in the inner edge, in which the rim 1) of the cartridge fits, and theejector is fitted into a recess in the end of the barrel so that itsfront face is flush A coiled spring, J, is arranged on the spindle C tothrow it and the ejector back after being pulled out to eject thecartridge one end of said spring bearing against the stud of the stockand the other against the part of the bar H connected to the inner endof the spindle. The spindle is fitted in the axial hole of the disk soas to turn it and to slide freely in it. The disk carries adischargingpin, L, for communicating the blow of the hammer to thecartridge, said pin being so placed that when the disk is adjusted forclosing the barrel it will receive the blow-of the hammer upon its outerend when said hammer strikes. The disk has a notch, (I, cut in the outerface, as shown in Fig. 2, to receive the hammerif allowed to strike,when thesaid disk is turned to the position for admitting the cartridge.

It will be seen that this arrangement is very simple and cheap, and thatthe gun may be manipulated with great rapidity without taking it fromthe shoulder. After the trigger is pulled the hammer may be raised andthe spindle turned without moving the hand away, and when thecartridge'ls applied the spindle and disk may be turned back by thethiunb as the hand is placed in position for firing.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination of the notched disk, strikingpin,and spindle with the hammer and the barrel, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of ejector G with slidingspindle Q, arranged as andfor the purpose specified.

JOHN D. WILKINSON. Witnesses:

Tnos. W. BOYLE, FRANK MOQADDEN.

